Palm boxes

I loved the palm boxes I saw being made before Christmas. With no original wood working ideas or experience of my own, I have to copy. Plus I was running out of money for hardware on the other boxes and the palm boxes didn’t need any hardware. I posted my first box in the finished projects already.
This box needed a begining, so I started out with the size. I used a dollar bill as the base size to build from.
So with the boards marked, I cut the pieces.
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So I had to wait another day after re glueing my palm box back together. After I got the clamps and tape off, this is what I was faced with. I don’t like sanding glue.
Ok, one step back, now two steps forward. After Re sanding the lid, several times, I have everything attached and working again.
There is still a hair line fracture visible after the clean up.
The lid is working much better. It even stops halfway back instead of flopping all the way open.
I...